ISBN:
1576076393
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (cliv, 275 p)
,
27 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
ABC-CLIO classic folk and fairy tales
Uniform Title:
Contes populaires de l'Égypte ancienne. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt
DDC:
398.2/0932
Keywords:
Tales
;
Legends
;
Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C
Abstract:
This anthology of ancient Egyptian tales, features stories which are considered to be the oldest in the world. The tales shed light on the origins of literature in general and folklore in particular, and illuminate the intersection of oral and literary traditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt; Contents; Introduction to This Edition and Classification by Tale-Type and Motif; Preface to English Edition; Introduction; 1 The Story of the Two Brothers; 2 The King Khufui and the Magicians; 3 The Lamentations of the Fellah; 4 The Memoirs of Sinuhit; 5 The Shipwrecked Sailor; 6 How Thutiyi Took the City of Joppa; 7 I. The Adventure of Satni-Khamois with the Mummies; 8 II. The Veritable History of Satni-Khamois and His Son Senosiris; 9 III. How Satni-Khamois Triumphed over the Assyrians
Description / Table of Contents:
10 I. The Daughter of the Prince of Bakhtan and the Possessing Spirit11 II. The Exploits of Sesostris; 12 III. The Exploits of Osimandyas; 13 The Doomed Prince; 14 The Story of Rhampsinitus; 15 The Voyage of Unamunu to the Coasts of Syria; 16 I. The High Emprise for the Cuirass; 17 II. The High Emprise for the Throne of Amon; 18 Fragment of a Fantastic Story, Anterior to the Eighteenth Dynasty; 19 The Quarrel of Apopi and Saqnunriya; 20 Fragments of a Ghost Story; 21 Story of a Mariner; 22 The Adventure of the Sculptor Petesis and King Nectonabo
Description / Table of Contents:
23 Fragments of the Theban-Coptic Version of the Romance of Alexander24 Epigraph: On Those Who Caused Alexander to Drink the Death Potion; Index of Proper Names; Index of General Subjects; About the Volume Editor
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Translation of: Les contes populaires de l'Égypte ancienne
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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